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Colin Russell

Colin Russell

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/8/2010
  • Sport
    Swimming
  • Bio
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2008 Olympian Colin Russell broke four OUA records and swam his way to five gold medals in leading the Varsity Blues men’s swimming team to their seventh consecutive conference title this weekend in St. Catharines, Ont.
 
Named the 2010 male swimmer of the meet, Russell first set a new OUA standard in the men's 200m freestyle with a time of 1:47.23. The fifth-year arts and science major went on to win the 100m freestyle in a record time of 49.17 seconds. He set his third individual OUA record on day four in the men’s 50m breaststroke, claiming gold in a time of 28.42.
 
The Burlington, Ont. native also anchored the record-breaking men's 4x100m medley relay team of Cam Cummings, Stevan Kalaba, and Zack Chetrat, setting a new OUA standard of 3:44.81.
 
Russell claimed his fifth gold medal in the fourth-day event, winning the 50m freestyle race on Sunday in a time of 22.94.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/14/2009 Josh Jakymyc Baseball
9/8/2009 Alexander Raphael Men's Soccer
9/8/2009 Jessica Fantozzi Women's Soccer
3/16/2009 Sarah Boyle Women's Track & Field
3/16/2009 Colin Russell Swimming
3/9/2009 Tamara Jewett Women's Cross Country
3/9/2009 Danielle Greene Women's Golf
3/2/2009 Sarah Boyle Women's Track & Field
3/2/2009 Ahmed Nazmi Men's Basketball
2/23/2009 Colin Russell Swimming
2/23/2009 Sasha Theron Women's Swimming
2/16/2009 Jessica Fitzgerald Women's Wrestling
2/16/2009 Hans Wolfgramm Fencing
2/9/2009 Curtis Samuel Swimming
2/9/2009 Andrea Jurenovskis Women's Swimming
2/2/2009 Steven Kung Men's Volleyball
2/2/2009 Megan Brown Women's Track & Field
1/26/2009 Nicki Schutz Women's Basketball
1/26/2009 Eddie Snetsinger Men's Ice Hockey
1/19/2009 Shu Hsien Zhu Women's Squash
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